Divine Hat for Sara

Merry Christmas

Happy Housewarming 

Happy Birthday, Sara, Hat

I found this Divine Hat to be the perfect use for my silky yarns.  After working the pattern one time, I felt like it needed this note *on the sc round, be sure to start at the fpc st.
 

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I made a pink hat for Sara in Red Heart Soft in Rose Blush, worsted weight, 100% acrylic.

I crocheted 3 extra rows of the flower pattern to make a slightly bigger version. I worked the brim rows with the front and back posts inline making it sort of rib stitched.

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I also made the hat in Caron Simply Soft in Black, worsted weight, 100% acrylic.

It came out a little small for my head, leading me to add a few rows to my second try with the pink version.  I worked the brim rows with alternating front and back posts just to see how it would turn out. Also, I finished with an extra row of sc using a G hook to try and make the brim a bit smaller.

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Happy hats with the birthday girl.

Thank you to my hat model, Kayla.

Merry Christmas Hats

Hats for gifts:

This rainbow hat is Stitch and Bitch's Devil Hat, but without the horns. I used my new favorite Bernat Mosaic yarn in Waterfall. It's 100% acrylic, but it feels like you're working with cotton.

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This is the same Bohoknits' Sockhead Hat that I made for Tyler. The sock yarn I used was two other projects before this hat.  When I bought it years ago, it was going to be a sweater for Britton.  That didn't go well.  Then it nearly became a completed hat, but I dropped a stitch and the pattern was so complicated, I had to start over.  The third time's the charm. 

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Another gnome hat from the pattern Earflap Hat I made it with a leftover purple, lavender, sage yarn.  I don't remember what brand it was, but it was softer than the Red Heart acrylic yarn I usually use for my gnome hats.  It's edged in Lyon brand sage acrylic yarn.

Thank you to my hat model, Kayla.

Cupcake for Kyndal

I found this cupcake! pattern on Ana Paula's Amigurumi Patterns & Random Cuteness, which is an accurate blog name. I used leftover yarn to make a chocolate cupcake with strawberry frosting and bead sprinkles.

I added a few bells to the stuffing to make it jingle.







Thank you as always to my models Kayla and Lily.

Gir Hat for Robyn's Birthsmas

Robyn ~ Doubled Gir'd

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I found this original Gir Hat pattern on Mei Lynne Travis's Ravelry page.

I used standard Red Heart yarn in Apple Green, White, and Black. I used Red Heart Shimmer in Hot Pink for the tongue. The Shimmer yarn has a sparkly ribbon through the yarn that picks up the light, but you can't really see it in these pictures.

I first made the larger of the two hats, but I found it was a little too big and found it's home with my brother Tyler.

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Robyn in her new hat.

Silly Gir.

Thank you as always to my model, Kayla.

Cat Hat for Kayla's Birthday

The Birthday Girl

I made this cat hat for Kayla's purple-themed, 12th birthday from this monkey hat pattern from Easy Makes Me Happy.

I used Red Heart Shimmer yarn in Purple and followed the teen/adult pattern with the exception that after row 20, I hdc 2 extra rows. I also attached I-chords on the ear flaps.

Present pile

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We are going to decorate it with eyes and whiskers, so there are more pictures to come. I could only get this quick picture since festivities were in full swing.

Pet Birthdays

Panzer, my Cat Tales Rescue rescue, is 2 years old this July.

He's still quite a handful. He likes to harass the dogs. He loves to lick Brisbie. And Brisbie? She's not a fan. She growls to warn him off, but he still tries to sneak in and lick her. He seems to be partial to her ears.


People think he is sweet because he is fluffy and squishy, but there is a wild raccoon inside of him. It makes me think of the Black Keys lyric 'The look on the cake, it ain't always the taste. My ex-girl, she had such a beautiful face,' from the song Next Girl. If I could get him to wear a collar it would read 'Watch your fingers.'

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Brisbie and Tatum's birthdays are in August.

They got old peanut butter jars of blissful happiness.

Tatum, a rescue from Nevada County Animal Shelter, is 9 this year. She survived a cancerous tumor on her paw last year and got quickly back to her status as FIRST! one to the ball.

Happiness is apparently a branch around your neck and a tennis ball in your mouth. Panzer followed her around keeping the world safe from the dangers of branch ends.



Brisbie, now 7, and her resident handler, Kayla. She gets Brisbie to perform acts I would never have guessed possible.

All eyes on the ball.

Fingerless Gloves for Kayla

I found the pattern for these Fingerless Gloves from a link on Knitting Pattern Central.

Using 3.25mm double pointed needles, I made these gloves using Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight in Amethyst.

I like this pattern for using sock weight yarn for something other than socks. However, the thinner the yarn, the more knits it takes to cover the same space. This was my first venture with a thumb hole and I'm happy to say that it went pretty well.

Kayla and Brisbie

*Thanks to Krisie, James and Kendra. Your generosity bought the yarn that made this gift. :)